The Challenge: Design and build a car capable of crossing the vast and imposing continent of Australia using only sunlight as fuel and to prove it, in the spirit of friendly competition against others with the same goal.
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Saturday, October 13, 2007

The team set out from Regency TAFE at about 9am for Coober Pedy.The vehicles in the convoy use UHF radios to stay in touch with each other.The trailer carrying the Solar Car is called “Big Banana” because of its appearance.

We also have “Kelly Camper” - the Heights School trailer with all our camping gear, “Kelly Cooks” with the fold out camper used as a kitchen, plus three other support vehicles.

We reached Coober Pedy at about 7pm after travelling approx. 850 km. The “Kelly Camper” was very slow the first day and got in late keeping everyone waiting to set up their tents!

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The Challenge: Design and build a car capable of crossing the vast and imposing continent of Australia using only sunlight as fuel and to prove it, in the spirit of friendly competition against others with the same goal.

This BLOG updates as teams publish their contributions around the world.